Vaya con dios, asqueroso grande
Jul 22, 2008 2006 Draft, 2008 Draft, 2008 Season, Barbaro is dead, Charles Spencer, Curious Coaching, Duane Brown as Eliza Doolittle, Roster, Tim Bulman
First, my Spanish sucks. Sorry if my translation is off.
Anyway, by now I’m sure you’ve heard that Charles “Big Nasty” Spencer was released today. I don’t think any of us expected him to be the LT of the future, especially after the arrival of Alex Gibbs and Duane Brown. Nor do I think anyone was shocked that a round of cuts came today considering that the team had to get down to 80 players by Friday and the easiest way to get there was to get rid of the guys least likely to make the team. (Which is also why DGDB&D fave Jon Abbate as well as DT Eric Powell and G Dan Stevenson were sent packing this afternoon.)
No, I guess the only surprise, to the extent that there is one, is that Spencer was listed among the guys least likely to make the team, ahead of (or behind, I guess) such notables as TE Ryan Krause and/or 5-10 WR Mark Simmons. Nothing against those guys, but you’d think that seeing what (if anything) Spencer had in the tank would be worth more than seeing what Mark Simmons brings to the table. (Editor’s guess: Not much.)
In other, slightly related news while we are talking about roster space, I am still baffled about our continued employment of Bryan Pittman when THREE other Texans (Dreessen, Bulman, and Zgonina) can do his job while simultaneously not being limited to ONLY doing his job. Dreessen would actually be the perfect dude to fill the dual role, as he is not asked to do much in the TE department on most days.
Kickoff
Jun 26, 2008 2008 Season, Andre Johnson, Dancing With the 'Tards, Kickoff, Preseason 2008, Roster, Super Mario, Tim Bulman
Filed this under BRB > Chron.com. I continued to be blown away with the substance the new BRBers are bringing to the Texans blogosphere. Case in point, marroncito recently did a kick-ass interview with Tim Bulman. I have to be honest–I assumed during the DHC/BFD discussion that Bulman was not long for this team. After reading this piece, however, I REALLY hope I was wrong. (Side note: Has anyone found ANY news anywhere regarding DGDB&D fave Earl Cochran?)
But…wait…where are Bush and Young?!?!? Courtesy of Eric — who must not love me, because he’s never made me cry at work — we get CBSSportsline’s Top 50 players based on last year’s performance. My only quibble with the list is DeMeco not making it (he was an honorable mention), but given that he was sorta hobbled near the end of the year, I suppose I can see it. Maybe. Kinda.
I guess we’re past the point of sneaking up on people. A Yardbarker article listing teams that could be on the verge of a Super Bowl run. Yes, we are on the list. (And there’s a picturing of Mario making Jay Cutler his bitch at the bottom, which is always fun.) Also funny, though the Saints are listed, Reggie Bush is not.
Finally. Welcome back, BFD. Despite what you say, there are many who would claim that I am not even the best blogger on this blog. Like Tim. Tim would totally say that because he’s a smartass.
